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diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst index d256376..5d0ed84 100644 --- a/doc/install.rst +++ b/doc/install.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Installation ============ -Install glusterfs: +Install glusterfs libgfapi C library: .. code-block:: console @@ -15,32 +15,6 @@ Install libgfapi-python from source: $ cd libgfapi-python $ sudo python setup.py install -Mount GlusterFS volume as non-root user ---------------------------------------- - -One can follow the following steps to allow a non-root user to virtual mount -a GlusterFS volume over libgfapi. This requires a configuration change which -enables GlusterFS server to accept client connections from non-priveledged -ports. - -.. code-block:: console - - # gluster volume set <volname> server.allow-insecure on - # gluster volume stop <volname> - # gluster volume start <volname> - -Edit `/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` or `/usr/local/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` -and set: - -.. code-block:: aconf - - option rpc-auth-allow-insecure on - -Restart glusterd service: - -.. code-block:: console - - # service glusterd restart - -Further, use `chown` and/or `chmod` commands to change permissions on mount -point or required directories to allow non-root access to appropriate users. +.. note:: + libgfapi-python bindings has been tested only against **Linux x86-64** and + Python versions **2.6** and **2.7** diff --git a/doc/troubleshooting.rst b/doc/troubleshooting.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a183e95 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/troubleshooting.rst @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Troubleshooting +=============== + +Mount GlusterFS volume as non-root user +--------------------------------------- + +.. versionchanged:: 3.7.3 + GlusterFS versions prior to version **3.7.3** requires the following + additional steps to allow non-root users to mount the volume over libgfapi. + Following these steps is not required for recent versions i.e >= 3.7.3 + +One can follow the following steps to allow a non-root user to virtual mount +a GlusterFS volume over libgfapi. This requires a configuration change which +enables GlusterFS server to accept client connections from non-priveledged +ports. + +.. code-block:: console + + # gluster volume set <volname> server.allow-insecure on + # gluster volume stop <volname> + # gluster volume start <volname> + +Edit `/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` or `/usr/local/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` +and set: + +.. code-block:: aconf + + option rpc-auth-allow-insecure on + +Restart glusterd service: + +.. code-block:: console + + # service glusterd restart + +Further, use `chown` and/or `chmod` commands to change permissions on mount +point or required directories to allow non-root access to appropriate users. + +If you do not provide a custom location for log file, you might see an error +similar to the following during mount. + +.. code-block:: python + + LibgfapiException: glfs_set_logging(None, 7) failed: Permission denied + +In such case, provide a log file path that has appropriate write permissions +or change permission of default log location i.e `/var/log/glusterfs` or +`/usr/local/var/log/glusterfs` accordingly. |